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La Palabra del Día: Oriental

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Oriental

eastern; oriental

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My Example:

Tengo una experience muy limitida con la cultura oriental. Sin embargo, la empresa en que trabajo es Japonesa, y allí, los ingenieros Japoneses me llaman Chris-san.

I have very limited experience with the oriental culture. However,the business in which I work is Japanese, and there the Japanese engineers call me Chris-san

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updated Jul 1, 2011
edited by 001a2987
posted by 001a2987
Sorry I was late everyone - my internet quit working this morning... :( - 001a2987, Jun 29, 2011
That's awesome! :) - Jason7R, Jun 29, 2011
Muy ingenioso, Chris-san :). Thanks for posting again! - Ingeteacher, Jun 29, 2011
jajaj - thanks Jason and Inge!! - 001a2987, Jun 29, 2011
Very funny, Chris-san:) jajaja - migelis, Jun 29, 2011
Tengo una experience muy limitida con la cultura oriental. Sin embargo, la empreSa en la quel trabajo es japonesa, y allí, los ingenieros japoneses me llaman Chris-san. - 00494d19, Jun 29, 2011
muchas faltas, qué pasa con gender agreement?? nationalities are not capitalized in Spanish, tse,tse, tse, I might visit you later on in teh corner - 00494d19, Jun 29, 2011
Hmmm..I goofed on capatilizing the nationalities...the gender agreement issue I had was with Japanese...I didn't know that was gender specific...I need to study the nationality thing more.... :) - 001a2987, Jun 29, 2011
...and gracias Heidi and all!! :) - 001a2987, Jun 29, 2011
experiencia..en la que.. (These surely are typos by Heidi).:) - Deanski, Jun 29, 2011

24 Answers

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¿No te parece muy oriental el ambiente en este barrio?

Don’t you think the atmosphere in this neighbourhood is very oriental? cool smile

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updated Jul 1, 2011
posted by Ingeteacher
jajjaja - 001a2987, Jun 29, 2011
Buena respuesta y imagen:) - migelis, Jun 29, 2011
like it :-) - billygoat, Jun 29, 2011
Nice :) - Fidalgo, Jun 29, 2011
¡Gracias, mis amigos! - Ingeteacher, Jun 29, 2011
perfecto - 00494d19, Jun 29, 2011
Felicidades Inge!! Has ganado la Palabra del Día!!! :) - 001a2987, Jul 1, 2011
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Timor-Leste (East Timor) is the newest country in Asia-Pacific. Its official languages are Portuguese and Tetum. Its capital is Dili.

Timor Oriental es el país más nuevo del Asia-Pacífico. Sus idiomas oficiales son el portugués y el tetun. Su capital es Dili.

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The ?? anthem of Timor-Leste ?? - a very beautiful anthem

updated Jun 29, 2011
edited by Fidalgo
posted by Fidalgo
Wow, thanks, very interesting:) - migelis, Jun 29, 2011
:) Gracias, Migelis :) - Fidalgo, Jun 29, 2011
¡Hoy he aprendido cosas muy interesantes de ti y Migelis! Gracias, mis amigos :) - Ingeteacher, Jun 29, 2011
:) - migelis, Jun 29, 2011
:) Good job, Migelis :) Y muchas gracias, Inge :) - Fidalgo, Jun 29, 2011
muy bonito fidi: perfecto - 00494d19, Jun 29, 2011
Muchas gracias, Heidinha :) - Fidalgo, Jun 29, 2011
And very beautiful it is too Fidalgo , like your post. - ray76, Jun 29, 2011
Really beauteful anthem, thanks, Fidalgo, once more:) - migelis, Jun 29, 2011
Muchas gracias por todo, Ray y Migelis :) - Fidalgo, Jun 29, 2011
Muchas gracias, todos :) - Fidalgo, Jun 29, 2011
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That's what many people think of when they hear oriental music.

Eso es lo que mucha gente se imagena cuando escucha la música oriental.

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updated Jun 29, 2011
posted by GerdaD
:) - migelis, Jun 29, 2011
¡Muy gracioso, Gerda! - Ingeteacher, Jun 29, 2011
perfecto - 00494d19, Jun 29, 2011
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La comida oriental es la mejor y muy barata también.

Oriental food is the best and very cheap too.

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updated Jun 29, 2011
edited by billygoat
posted by billygoat
¡Que aproveche, Billygoat! :) - Ingeteacher, Jun 29, 2011
thank you! I'm not sure whether it should be 'la mejor' or 'el mejor' in this case - so im expecting a correction lol - billygoat, Jun 29, 2011
I thought it should be "la mejor" and I planned to check later this day to see who of us was right ......:) - Ingeteacher, Jun 29, 2011
I've been reading around - I now think its 'la' - billygoat, Jun 29, 2011
I like that food:) - migelis, Jun 29, 2011
I'd say: La comida oriental es la mejor y muy barata también. - Deanski, Jun 29, 2011
thanks Deanski - on reflection, I agree :-) - billygoat, Jun 29, 2011
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Me gustan las tiras cómicas orientales del Japón (manga).

I like eastern comic strips from Japan (manga).

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updated Jun 30, 2011
edited by Foxie
posted by Foxie
cómicas orientales - 00494d19, Jun 29, 2011
I like the picture :) - FELIZ77, Jun 29, 2011
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A ella le gustan gusta hacer las alfombras orientales.

She likes to make oriental rugs.

updated Jun 29, 2011
edited by Maria-Russell
posted by Maria-Russell
le gusta (singular if followed by an infinitive). - Deanski, Jun 29, 2011
Deanski, thanks for the tip. - Maria-Russell, Jun 29, 2011
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Vivo en la costa oriental de los estados unidos, en la ciudad de boston,estado de massachusetts. ¡ En el antaño, vivía cerca de aquí, Mariana la guatemalteca!

I live on the east coast of the United States in the city of Boston, State of Massachusetts. In the old days Mariana, the Guatemalan lady, used to live near here!

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updated Jun 29, 2011
edited by 002262dd
posted by 002262dd
jajaja - muy gracioso!!! - 001a2987, Jun 29, 2011
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La favorita comida de mi hijo es la comida oriental.


My son's favorite food is oriental food.

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updated Jun 29, 2011
edited by amykay
posted by amykay
...es *la* comida oriental. - Deanski, Jun 29, 2011
Ah, por supuesto! Gracias! - amykay, Jun 29, 2011
That does look good!! :) - 001a2987, Jun 29, 2011
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¿A quién Que le gusta mi favorita comida oriental? ¡ Sushi!

Who likes my favourite oriental food? Sushi!

updated Jun 29, 2011
edited by Jraider
posted by Jraider
My wife likes:) - migelis, Jun 29, 2011
Me encanta! - Jraider, Jun 29, 2011
¿A quién le gusta mi favorita comida oriental? - Deanski, Jun 29, 2011
Gracias ,una vez mas Deanski. - Jraider, Jun 29, 2011
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Deseo que aprender sobre de la cultura oriental.
I want to learn about the eastern culture.
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updated Jun 29, 2011
posted by Jason7R
yo también!! - 001a2987, Jun 29, 2011
Si Jason, yo también, ¡es muy interesante! :) - Ingeteacher, Jun 29, 2011
Deseo/Quiero aprender sobre la cultura oriental. - Deanski, Jun 29, 2011
perfecto dean - 00494d19, Jun 29, 2011
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Oriental combat sports officially were forbidden in the Soviet Union for a very long time.

Los deportes orientales de lucha fueron oficialmente prohibidos en la Unión Soviética durante mucho tiempo.

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updated Jun 29, 2011
edited by migelis
posted by migelis
Really? are the still forbidden?? (for A very long time...) :) - 001a2987, Jun 29, 2011
Muy interesante, Migelis. No lo sabía . . . . . - Ingeteacher, Jun 29, 2011
Thank you, Chris-san:) and Inge:) - migelis, Jun 29, 2011
@Chris. As far as I know It was banned from 1981 to 1989:) - migelis, Jun 29, 2011
Buena idea :) - Fidalgo, Jun 29, 2011
Muchas gracias, amigo:) - migelis, Jun 29, 2011
fueron oficialmente prohibidos en la Unión Soviética durante mucho tiempo - 00494d19, Jun 29, 2011
Muchas gracias, Heidita:) - migelis, Jun 29, 2011
:) - Fidalgo, Jun 29, 2011
Perhaps you can play some sports like this :) - Fidalgo, Jun 29, 2011
Unfortunately, my friend, I'm very peaceful:) We play basketball in my country:) jajaja - migelis, Jun 29, 2011
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Cooking an oriental meal perfectly takes time and experience.

A cocinar la comida oriental perfectamente requiere época tiempo y experiencia.

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updated Jun 29, 2011
edited by SonrisaDelSol
posted by SonrisaDelSol
Looks very tasty:) - migelis, Jun 29, 2011
Gracias, Migelis - SonrisaDelSol, Jun 29, 2011
época is more like "epoch" referring to period of history, etc. I think you want rato or tiempo here - pesta, Jun 29, 2011
Gracias, pesta - SonrisaDelSol, Jun 29, 2011
This does look very good!! :) - 001a2987, Jun 29, 2011
I know, IndianaChris! It looks delicious! - SonrisaDelSol, Jun 29, 2011
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Oriental sweets are very very delicious!! alt textalt text

Los dulces orientales son muy muy deliciosos! alt text

updated Jun 29, 2011
posted by 00b6f46c
Very tasty :) "Sweets" - Fidalgo, Jun 29, 2011
Gracias Zaki! :) - 00b6f46c, Jun 29, 2011
I want to try some:) - migelis, Jun 29, 2011
Hope you do someday :) - 00b6f46c, Jun 29, 2011
I'd say: muy muy ricos or riquísimos or deliciosos. Delicioso already means "muy agradable/rico," so muy delicioso would be a redundancy or at least would sound weird. - Deanski, Jun 29, 2011
I've never tried them - but they look good!! :) - 001a2987, Jun 29, 2011
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El primero submarino del mundo vino del oriental.

The first submarine in the world came from the orient.

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updated Jun 29, 2011
posted by wansell
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Some people like to view oriental gardens I think that there is one at the place called ''Kew Gardens'' in London.grin

= Algunas personas les gusta mirar los jardines orientales. Creo que haya uno en el lugar se llama (o llamado?): ''Kew Gardens'' en Londresgrin

Corregid mi español, por favor grin

I think the correct verb here is mirar = to look at /gaze at rather than ver = to see

updated Jun 29, 2011
edited by FELIZ77
posted by FELIZ77
Creo que hay (no need for subjunctive) :)..que se llama.. - Deanski, Jun 29, 2011